* I have them, several pairs, in the yard, wild. Did you know doves mate for life?? And may possibly live as long as 2O years--(barring cats, hawks, injuries and illnesses, natch!!) Surprised the heck out of me!!

i have about 5 nests around my house of them,,, i have a PRETTY white 1.,, and they get along with the "others" better then the pigeons the pet store gave us because they were brought in by an lady who saw the mommy hit by a car,,and since the pet store couldnt have any wild animals,,, they picked my "sucker" wife,,hahaha,,,man talk bout UGLY babies,,hehe

I have ring neck doves, which are similar to mourning doves. They make pretty neat pets and most of mine are quite tame. I have four at home. They are very easy to keep, not messy, and I love the noise they make. I keep mine in a large rabbit hutch/aviary and I feed them layer pellets. I've had them for many years now and they produce young every spring and summer!

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i've raised a morning dove chick that fell out of it's nest and once it was ready to be on it's own it left on it's own it still comes by my parents house and coos on the roof so cute we no it's him cuz his wings tips were white

but now i have diamond doves they are cuties to

Edited by BirdBoy88 - 8/31/08 at 9:45pm

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